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New for 2015 Direct Contact Leaders in a unit are required to be trained in Leader Position-Specifics. What does this mean? Adults in a Pack who are the Cubmaster or a Den Leader, must complete Leader Position-Specific training for thier scouting position online through MyScouting.org before they can be registered, this is effective 1/1/2015. For Troop and up, Scoutmasters, 11-yr old Scout Leaders, Varsity Scout Coaches, and Venturing Crew Advisors have until 6/30/2015 to attend their Leader Position-Specific Training and Intro to Outdoor Leader Skills. And as always, Youth Protection Training must be current through your membership period. Please remember applications received without Youth Protection Training will not be processed until this training is completed. We are working hard with each district to get this message out to leaders and to have plenty of training opportunities available for Troop and up leaders to fulfill this requirement. Watch your email for training news in the coming months.

Merit Badge Rally Troop Blue Cards are 100% in! Troop Advancement Chairs can download and print the Troop Blue Cards for each badge to record the progress for scouts in their Troop. Scouts will need to continue work on partials and can contact the counselor who taught the class or contact a counselor on the approved list of counselors to finish a badge.

A Spirit of Unity is the 2015 World Scout Jamboree theme. WSJ will be held in Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan from July 28, 2015 to August 8, 2015. The Western Region contingent is now accepting applications. Eligible participants must be registered with the Boy Scouts of America as a Boy Scout or Venturer and have been born between July 28, 2001 and July 27, 1997. If you are interested in attending as a youth or as adult staff, please contact Leland Johnsen for details.